ppp
Americanabbreviation
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purchasing power parity: a rate of exchange between two currencies that gives them equal purchasing powers in their own economies
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private-public partnership: an agreement in which a private company commits skills or capital to a public-sector project for a financial return
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However for these countries 50 per month is quite a sum for average person, although not even close to 1600 ppp!
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2017
Be sure you have the following packages installed: * ppp * ppp-pam * wvdial When you install the wvdial package, you may be given the opportunity to configure it.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John
The piece opens with an impressive theme uttered ppp.
From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.
The story is absurd, for the simple reason that even in 1705, Sperling, in his “Principæ Musicæ,” describes crescendos from ppp to fff, and we read in Plutarch of the same thing.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
From now onwards the music becomes increasingly significant, graduating in tone power from a shadowy ppp to solid and virile loud chords.
From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.
Lee's party also won nine parliamentary seats in by-elections, while the PPP secured four and an independent candidate won one.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Europe’s economies look healthier in PPP terms to the extent a lower price level allows households to stretch their euros and pounds further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
As protest leaders read out the names of every PPP lawmaker, protesters chanted "Go back in, vote!" after each name.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
PPP members boycotted the vote instead, denying a necessary two-thirds majority.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024
The 2005 benchmark revises downward the size of the world economy in PPP terms from the previous estimates, and changes the relative sizes of many of the world's economies.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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